The Haar

haar (pronounced hahr)

A haar is a type of cold mist or fog from the North Sea which frequently occurs along the East coast.
The east-coast haar has lowered temperatures in Edinburgh in the morning and evening recently.
The word is of Dutch origin, coming either from Middle Dutch hare, a biting wind, or Frisian harig, damp.

 

The past few days whats known in Scotland as the Haar has been rolling in over the Firth of the Forth and shrouding Edinburgh in a thick fog, the strange thing is I don't think that I have ever noticed it this thick and constant before. It was a pretty cool sight to see.  In all my time here, I don't think it has ever looked like this and that is what makes it so cool about living here. The fog I remember would be super strong in the morning and you would turn on the radio, hoping with your fingers crossed that the buses wouldn't be able to drive through it, but it seems it would almost always dissapate before getting your day off school. So you would still have to get all bundled up to go walking up your driveway anyway. We needed more fog like this!

It has turned out to be one of those things that when you didn't know it was called something and you have never heard of it before. Now that I know it is called The Haar, I heard about it all day from different sorces, its so weird when that happens.

 

And so the pumpkin carving begins, its was a mystical magical day the day before so what a day to start the pumpkin carving off with a bang. I haven't carved a pumpkin in a few years and this is the first time it is not your classic Triangle eyes, nose and toothy grin. I think it came out pretty awesome if I do say so myself. When I started I wanted to try one of the stencils that seemed simple, and cause the Bride of Frankenstien didn't seem to have too many pieces I thought it was an ideal choice, plus its supppppper cool! It was actually quite hard, all the wee bits are super hard to get at especially when you don't have a range of tools, just me and my pearing (pairing?) knife against the world. Though however long it took it was well worth it. Gonna carve some more with Dixon this weekend!